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CredatisEaster Sunday 2021"Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed" (John 20:8)2021-04-0404 min
CredatisPalm Sunday 2021"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me" (Matthew 26:21b)2021-03-2807 min
CredatisSolemnity of the Annunciation 2021“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28b)2021-03-2505 min
Credatis5th Sunday of Lent 2021“Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit” (John 12:24)2021-03-2104 min
CredatisSt. Joseph 2021“When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home” (Matthew 1:24)2021-03-1904 min
Credatis4th Sunday of Lent 2021“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him” (John 3:17)2021-03-1405 min
Credatis3rd Sunday of Lent 2021To those who sold doves He said, “Take these out of here" (John 2:16)2021-03-0708 min
Credatis2nd Sunday of Lent 2021"As they were coming down from the mountain, He charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead" (Mark 9:9)2021-02-2805 min
Credatis1st Sunday of Lent 2021"He remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan" (Mark 1:13)2021-02-2106 min
CredatisAsh Wednesday 2021“Then the Lord was stirred to concern for his land and took pity on his people” (Joel 2:18).2021-02-1705 min
CredatisEpiphany 2021"They departed for their country by another way" (Matthew 2:12)2021-01-0602 min
CredatisOctave Day of Christmas 2020"The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger" (Luke 2:16)2021-01-0109 min
CredatisSunday within the Octave of Christmas - Holy Family 2020"Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted —and you yourself a sword will pierce" (Luke 2:34-35a)2020-12-2704 min
CredatisChristmas Day 2020“And the Word became Flesh and made His dwelling among us” (John 1:14)2020-12-2503 min
CredatisChristmas Eve 2020“For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord” (Luke 2:11)2020-12-2404 min
Credatis4th Sunday of Advent 2020“He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High” (Luke 1:32)2020-12-2004 min
Credatis3rd Sunday of Advent 2020“He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him” (John 1:6)2020-12-1303 min
CredatisImmaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2020“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28)2020-12-0803 min
Credatis2nd Sunday of Advent 2020“One mightier than I is coming after me” (Mark 1:7).2020-12-0600 min
Credatis1st Sunday of Advent 2020"Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?" (Isaiah 63:17)2020-11-2900 min
CredatisAscension 2020“When they saw Him, they worshiped” (Matthew 28:17).2020-05-2405 minCredatisSt. Nicholas Owen, Priest-Hole Maker - The Capture - By Tony ReynoldsIn Tudor England, when the Crown made Catholicism illegal, valiant Jesuit priests and their collaborators kept the Faith alive, even if it meant their deaths. This is the true story of heroic saint who helped to save priests, and thus helped to save souls.2020-05-2308 minCredatis6th Sunday of Easter 2020“He will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth.” (John 14:16b-17a)2020-05-1708 minCredatisAs The Clock Struck Twenty - In the Crypt of St. Paul's - Sister Mary Catherine, O.P.In this reading, a Dominican friar was stranded decades ago is rescued but brought back into a very different society, one overtaken by a totalitarian regime. Trying to keep his Faith and sanity, we hear his account of first returning to the Sacraments.2020-05-1608 minCredatis5th Sunday of Easter 2020“I am the way and the truth and the life.” (John 14:6)
2020-05-1007 minCredatisThe Power and the Glory - by Graham GreeneInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Sacraments celebrated under trying circumstances. Today there is a Mass hastily celebrated after the Mexican Revolution, when priests were being hunted down and killed. 2020-05-0905 minCredatis4th Sunday of Easter 2020"The sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice." (John 10:4b)2020-05-0304 minCredatisAdvice to a Young Priest - Father George RutlerInspirational stories, factual or fictional, about practicing the Faith under difficult circumstances. This column was written by a priest convert whose historical mind, mastery of prose, and smart wit are practically without parallel in our modern day. He shares priestly wisdom for younger priests and for all.2020-05-0213 minCredatis3rd Sunday of Easter 2020“With that, their eyes were opened and they recognized Him in the breaking of the bread.” (Luke 24:31)2020-04-2606 minCredatisMan's Search For Meaning - The Meaning of Suffering - Viktor FranklInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Faith lived out under difficult circumstances. This selection is from an Austrian psychiatrist's account of his experience in the concentration camps.2020-04-2508 minCredatisSolemnity of St. Bernadette 2020"I am the Immaculate Conception."2020-04-2109 minCredatisDivine Mercy Sunday 2020“Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them.” (John 20:23a)2020-04-1906 minCredatisMilestones - Memoirs 1927-1977 - Joseph RatzingerInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Sacraments celebrated under trying circumstances. Today we hear about a young Bavarian conscripted into the army with his brother during WWII before they can pursue their seminary formation. 2020-04-1811 minCredatisEaster Sunday 2020“For our Paschal Lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the feast…” (1 Cor 5:7b-8a)2020-04-1207 minCredatisFrom an ancient Homily on Holy Saturday - St. Melito of SardisInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Sacraments celebrated under trying circumstances. This is a homily from the middle of the 2nd century AD on the theme of the harrowing of hell. 2020-04-1105 minCredatisGood Friday 2020"In the days when He was in the flesh, He offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence" (Hebrews 5:7)2020-04-1007 minCredatisHoly Thursday 2020“He loved His own in the world and He loved them to the end” (John 13:1b)2020-04-0904 minCredatisPalm Sunday 2020“The Master has need of them” (Matthew 21:3b)2020-04-0505 minCredatisLord of the World - The Advent - By Monsignor Robert Hugh BensonInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Sacraments celebrated under trying circumstances. Today we hear a description of the deep prayer of a priest interceding for a struggling world.2020-04-0411 minCredatis5th Sunday of Lent 2020“Did I not tell you that if you believe you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40)2020-03-2906 minCredatisHe Leadeth Me - The Meaning of the Mass - By Father Walter CiszekInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Sacraments celebrated under trying circumstances. Today we hear the testimony of a priest imprisoned in Russia under Communist rule.2020-03-2811 minCredatisSolemnity of the Annunciation 2020"May it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).2020-03-2507 minCredatis4th Sunday of Lent 2020“This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes" (John 9:30).2020-03-2207 minCredatisDon Camillo - The Bell - By Giovanni GuareschiInspirational stories, factual or fictional, of the Sacraments celebrated under trying circumstances. Today we hear about a flood in a nameless Italian village. 2020-03-2110 minCredatisSolemnity of Saint Joseph 2020"When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him" (Matthew 1:24).2020-03-1904 minCredatis3rd Sunday of Lent 2020"Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst." (John 14:4)2020-03-1505 minCredatis2nd Sunday of Lent 2020"Lord, it is good that we are here" (Matthew 17:4).2020-03-0806 minCredatis1st Sunday of Lent 2020"One does not live on bread alone." (Matt. 4:4)2020-03-0105 minCredatisCredatis: Ash Wednesday 2020Seasonal reflections on the fasts and feasts of the Church year. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. "Behold, now is a very acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation." (2 Cor. 6:2b)2020-02-2605 min